29 Weeks!

I had my one hour glucose test yesterday...I still do not understand why women complain about this. If you have one in your future and there are options for flavors, go for the lemon lime (the fruit punch and orange are very sweet) and chug it! For those of you who do not know what this is...you are given a drink, you wait for an hour, then they test your blood to see if you have gestational diabetes. I passed! My belly is measuring a little small-at 27 1/2 weeks, but it is similar to my measurements with Delaney. I have now gained 10 pounds, I swear it is all in my boobs! I am posting a new belly picture today, but seriously how big are the boobs going to get? I am currently a 34 I/J (yes it is possible) and when the breastfeeding starts, it will only be worse. That is my top complaint, mostly because of the weight which is now causing my spine to curve (lovely!) This happened during my pregnancy with Delaney as well. Thankfully this will be my last pregnancy and two years from now the boobs will be an ancient memory. That's right, I will be getting a breast reduction as soon as my doctor gives the okay! (Sorry for ranting...) His heart beat was a high 146 this time! My doctor gave me strict orders to slow down on the exercising. I have starting getting contractions while on the treadmill, so I was told to minimize my exercises from 40 minutes to 20 minutes. I asked if this extended to house cleaning since I get contractions then too, he said yes, but would not write a prescription to have a maid come and clean my house. Boo! But I obviously would rather have the baby stay in for as long as he needs versus delivering early, so I will listen. This is a big week for our family! Tuesday was Delaney's last music class for the summer (her recital is Tuesday, May 22nd-I will post pictures/video), today is her last ballet and tap class (rehearsal is tomorrow evening/recital on Saturday), and then on Sunday we leave for Disneyland! We are all so excited to go! Next Saturday is also my 30th birthday (and Curt Lake's birthday)--no Allison, I still have not decided how we should celebrate! Hope you have enjoyed! I will post pictures from the recital and Disneyland shortly...

Almost 25 weeks!

This pregnancy is going by very fast! I am almost 25 weeks at this point and had another doctor appointment this morning. "The Boy" as I am calling him until I decide on a name is growing fast judging from my weight gain at this point and has a heart beat of 142 today. He was moving around so much my doctor, Bryan Hodges, was wondering what the heck he was doing in there! He was still breech, so hopefully he decides to turn BEFORE he gets much bigger because Delaney turned at the very end and it was not comfortable. Everything looks good at this point, I have gained almost 8 pounds and my next appointment is scheduled for Wednesday May 9th--One Hour Glucose Test! I will post my enormous belly picture soon!

Easter Sunday!

I will post a few pictures from Easter Sunday! Delaney had three Easter egg hunts: one at our house, one at Uncle Brett's baseball field before his game, and another one at Grandma and Papa's. She got lots of candy (and money) at all three, along with three huge Easter baskets full of goodies. What a lucky girl!

Special thank you to Aunt Karin and Uncle Mike who send Delaney the super cute "twirly" dress and jellies she is wearing in the pictures. We had already bought her a dress, but she loved this one and wore it instead!

Thank you to everyone that also sent Delaney special gifts for Easter as well, thank you cards for those gifts and birthdays are en route this week!

Four Year Well-Child Check-in!

Here are her results from Delaney's Four Year Well-Child Check-in:

4/6/2012:
Weight: 32 lbs (25th percentile)
Height: 37 inches (5th percentile)

At Three Years:
Weight: 28 lbs. (25th percentile)
Height: 34 1/2 inches (5th percentile)

At Two Years:
Weight: 23.9 lbs (10th percentile)
Length: 32 inches (10th percentile)
Head: 47 1/2 cm (25-50 percentile)

Everything looks great! She is On/Above Target on any developmental tests and she received FOUR vaccines this trip...she is now covered for vaccines (minus her annual flu shot/mist) until she turns 11. Jeff's mom, Nancy held her while she received her "pokes" and she was good to go!

Delaney's 4th Birthday Party!

Delaney celebrated her Fourth Birthday on March 23rd! Festivities began on Thursday when the celebrated her birthday at "the kids house" aka Daycare. She was given a party, cupcakes and ice cream, and a gift from the daycare. On Friday, I took off work early and picked her up right before lunch and we spent the afternoon together and got the house ready for her party. We went to dinner with Jeff's parents and Uncle Brett at her favorite restaurant...Red Robin!
The next morning was her birthday party with friends-Keaton and Josie Dahlberg (Mike and Danielle), Ava and Jillian Logan (Jason), Neisha Gaskins (Tim), new friend Lila (Curt and Marcie), Laila Maqbool, and Allison Hernandez! We had a full house and luckily a beautiful, warm day! We set up a bouncy house in our backyard for all the kids to enjoy. In the evening, Jeff's Grandma Leona, Jeff's parents Dave and Nancy, Jeff's brother Brett and his girlfriend Hayley came over for dinner and cake/ice cream. It was a long but fun day and we all had a wonderful time! Delaney has become fascinated with Brett's girlfriend Hayley (and who can blame her), she sat on Hayley's lap almost the entire evening!
All in all it was a fantastic weekend! I also posted a 22 week belly picture!
Enjoy!

It's a Boy!

We had our ultrasound on Thursday and it is a boy! We are all pretty excited! Delaney and I went to Baby Gap yesterday and bought the baby a new wardrobe and packed up all the newborn clothes to take over to our friends Curt and Marcie who adopted a little girl named Lila Epperson Lake almost a week ago. We got to meet her today and Delaney is excited to show her around at her birthday party next Saturday. She will be 4!

I have posted a few ultrasound videos and I will post more pictures from Delaney's party next weekend. Enjoy!

Lots of new pictures!

Just posted lots of new pictures, including: a belly picture, Delaney making dinner, and of Jeff's lovely achilles incision (in case you didn't see this already on Facebook). I will not be posting belly pictures on Facebook (because I read many people find them annoying), so you will find them only here!

We will find out the baby's gender and make sure everything is looking alright next Thursday, March 15th! After this appointment, we will be running (well I will run--ha,ha) Jeff to another post-op appointment to have his achilles checked on again...so we will not post the results of the ultrasound until after we get home that night. Also, we are absolutely no where near picking out a name just in case you were wondering...Enjoy!

Big Announcement!

Jeff and I are expecting again! I am now about 11 weeks along and have been to the doctor to verify everything. We are very excited about adding one more to our family, but nobody is as excited as the Big Sister, Delaney! She is over the moon (for now anyway)...she wants to rub and kiss my belly, and she tells us how helpful she will be when the baby comes-she wants to hold, feed, and change the baby. She will be almost 4 1/2 years old when the baby arrives (Due Date is July 27th), so we will see how helpful she is and how much she likes to share the attention!

Ultrasound pictures from my first (and only, so far) Doctor's Appointment, to follow...as will belly pictures, because you will not believe how big my belly is compared to my first pregnancy!

More Halloween Pictures.

Danielle (my co-worker, Keaton's mom) shared some photos she took of the two of them at my office's trick or treat! Here are some photos. I mentioned to Danielle it looks like Keaton was trying to make a move on Delaney and she shot him back a dirty look. That's my girl!

Thornton Oliver Keller Holiday Party!

My office held our Holiday Party at the Idaho Botanical Gardens last Friday. We had fun! It was a very cold, very windy day--but luckily our canopy held up and we had a blast. Delaney had a great time with Keaton (a co-worker's son) playing in the dirt, visiting Santa, and looking at the lights.

First manicure and pedicure.

I took Delaney for her very first manicure and pedicure today. They had cute little pedicure chairs for little girls with butterflies on them.

Happy Halloween!

First Dance Class!

Delaney started dance class today at the Kennedy School of Dance. I took the morning off to take her there. She was so excited and listened very well. She will be taking ballet and tap. Her recital will be held in May.

First bicycle ride!

Delaney got her very first bike. She was very specific about the type of bike she wanted. It had to have princesses on it and somewhere to put her baby Beckett! I found just the bike and she told everyone on the way out of the store that it was her bike. She loves to ride around the neighborhood!

Swim Lessons Have Begun!

Delaney started swim lessons on Monday with her daycare chums. She told us she wanted to swim like a dolphin before they began, but she tells us she swims like Little Mermaid. She cannot wait to finish swim lessons because Papa will take her out in his boat!

Trip to the Boise Zoo Part II!

We took Delaney to the Boise Zoo. It had been over a year since our last visit. She had so much fun. She got to feed a giraffe lettuce with Mommy! We also visited the Butterfly Exhibit which was a room FULL of butterflies! So fun...and a little creepy to have them fly around!

Trip to the Boise Zoo!

First trip to the dentist!!

Delaney had her very first visit to the dentist last Tuesday, July 12th! Of course it was a great visit considering she had Grandma Nancy to clean her teeth. Afterward she told me that she loved her clean teeth!

Delaney Music Program

Terrible camera work, deal with it.

New Pictures Posted.

Posted some new pictures of Delaney at her friend Mason's 3rd Birthday Party! A video of her Music Program will be up shortly...check back!